I'm filled with wonderment and awe with the sales adverts currently being shown on the television for such things as new kitchens, bathrooms, beds and sofas etc.
Now, can someone tell my why it is that the people who make these advertisements do not know the actual dimensions of current properties whether old or new? Almost without exception, the rooms on the adverts appear to be at least six times the size of those in today's houses. I know that this is done to sell us the idea of spacious living but it's probably the reason why so many people will be visiting the sales and buying oversize sofas for their front rooms, only to find on delivery that they either take the paint off the doors and fill the room completely or that the delivery men can't get them through the doors at all!
There are some nearly new Barratt hutches opposite my grotty cottage and they have an integral garage which is useless. The problem is that they are so small that even if the residents had a small car like my Kia Picanto, they would be able to get it in the garage but then would be unable to get out of the car! Durhh!! I wonder what kind of car the architect had (or was he a bicycle man?).
Then we have those enormous bathrooms that are big enough to stage the World Cup football match, whereas most bathrooms barely have sufficient room to get a cat in let alone be able to swing it! Somehow I think these advertising men come from a totally different planet to the one I live on. Kitchens are another thing entirley, not only are they super large in the adverts but I suppose they have to be that way to accommodate all the latest new gadgets that we are enticed into buying. Today's new gadget is probably tomorrow's recycling or car boot sale item!
So, I will leave you to decide whether the architects need new rulers or the advertising men need new glasses.
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